Health

Slender people consider people with obesity ‘less evolved’ and ‘less human’ than others, a new survey suggests.  Public health officials believe that discrimination against people who are overweight is partly for blame for our dismal progress against the obesity epidemic.  Despite the fact that one in three Americans and one in four Brits are now … Read more

Don’t miss your eyelids when you apply sun cream or risk getting skin cancer, warn academics Researchers discovered that vulnerable areas of skin are often missed  This could be leaving people at risk of skin cancer, academics warned Skin cancer is on the rise despite global initiatives to increase SPF use  By Kate Pickles Health … Read more

Three quarters of ‘healthy’ children’s food claiming to have ‘one of five-a-day’ fruit and vegetables DOESN’T have the recommended portion size –and may be fuelling obesity Researchers from the University of Glasgow tested 332 supermarket products They found 41 per cent of them were less healthy than they claimed to be Claims of no added … Read more

Having just one or two alcoholic drinks a night significantly increases the risk of suffering a stroke in later life, a major study has shown. Experts from Oxford University said their study of 500,000 people finally dispels the ‘myth’ that light drinking protects health. They found that one or two drinks a day increased the … Read more

Man who had a two-day erection has to have the tip of his penis AMPUTATED after ‘bungling doctors failed to remove a catheter from his urethra’ and it developed GANGRENE The 52-year-old went to a hospital in the north of India with the intimate issue Doctors think the treatment to get rid of his erection … Read more

FDA urges patients to keep taking contaminated blood pressure drugs despite cancer risk, amid global shortage Drugs containing valsartan, losartan and irbesartan are some of the most commonly prescribed medications for high blood pressure Some one in three Americans may need blood pressure medication to avoid heart attack and stroke  Pills from nearly 30 manufacturers … Read more

Nearly three-quarters of men and 60 percent of women are overweight or obese in the US, and roughly 60 percent of all British adults.   That means most UK and US adults have high risks of of depression, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and premature death. In a bid to curb the obesity … Read more

Scientists develop a ‘window to the brain’: 3D-printed ‘skull’ allows experts to peer inside a mouse’s head in real-time and could one day help disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s The implant can be used to surgically replace part of the animal’s head Mouse brains are similar to humans’ so are useful for medical research Scientists … Read more

About 95 percent of Oregon anti-vaxx parents print their own exemption certificate from the state government website. Oregon is one of 17 US states that allows exemptions for religious, philosophical and/or personal beliefs.  Of the 31,500 non-medical vaccine exemptions filed in 2018, about 30,000 were done from parents who watched an online education module and … Read more

A vlogger whose skull was slowly crushing her brain into her spine has revealed that her body is now ‘falling apart’. Christina Doherty, of Woburn, Massachusetts, experienced headaches, confusion and paralysis from the age of 16 and had always been an ill child. Doctors diagnosed the 23-year-old with a chiari malformation which is when brain … Read more